Governance · Technology leadership
Fractional CTO & Technology Advisory
Strategic technology leadership to drive innovation and accelerate digital transformation.
An external technology director who helps you plan architecture, cloud, data and cybersecurity decisions and align them with your business priorities.
What we solve
When technology decisions have no owner
No senior technology leadership
The organization depends on technology, but no one is responsible for its direction.
Decisions made one project at a time
Architecture, cloud and security choices are made separately and do not add up.
Vendors and projects without governance
Nobody sets standards, reviews proposals or tracks how technology investment is used.
No shared roadmap
Leadership and the technical team do not agree on what comes first.
Capabilities
What the service covers
Fractional CTO
Senior technology leadership for your organization, without a full-time hire.
External IT Director
An external director for your IT function, as part of our technology leadership services.
IT governance
Standards, responsibilities and decision rules for how technology is chosen, built and managed.
IT Governance & ArchitectureTechnology architecture assessment
A review of your current architecture and the decisions it needs to support the next stage.
Cybersecurity assessment
An evaluation of security risks as input to technology priorities.
Cybersecurity & Application SecurityRoadmaps and investment priorities
What to do first, and why, across architecture, cloud, data and security.
Technology Roadmaps
Decisions we help you make
Questions leadership brings to the table across architecture, cloud, data and cybersecurity.
Backed by an engineering team
Our advice draws on the same team that designs architectures, sets technical standards and delivers software.
Is our current architecture fit for the next stage of the business?
Should we build, buy or integrate this solution?
What should move to the cloud, and in what order?
Which security risks should we address first?
How do we evaluate the proposals our vendors send us?
Our approach
How we work
Diagnosis
We review your technology, team, vendors and priorities.
Roadmap
We agree on the decisions and initiatives that come first.
Governance
We set standards, responsibilities and how progress will be reviewed.
Execution
We guide execution with your team and vendors, or with ours.
Measurement and optimization
We review progress and adjust priorities.
Frequently asked questions
Questions we often hear
What is a fractional CTO?
A senior technology leader who works with your organization part of the time, instead of as a full-time executive. We offer it as an external technology director within our technology leadership services.
Can you also implement what you recommend?
Yes. We deliver end to end, from discovery and strategy to implementation and support, so recommendations can move into execution with the same team.
Does it include cybersecurity?
Yes. A cybersecurity assessment is part of our technology leadership services, alongside architecture and IT governance.
Do you replace our IT team?
No. We work with your team and vendors to set direction and standards.
Next step
Facing a technology decision without a technology leader?
Tell us what you need to decide. We will help you frame the options.